Interviews are already nerve-wracking—and when you’re an introvert like me, they’re downright, wake-up-in-a-cold-sweat, I’d-rather-get-my-teeth-pulled terrifying. Unfortunately, if we introverts ever want to work, we have to do them, and we have to do them well.So, check out my five techniques for getting through the process like a champ (a soon-to-be-employed champ, at that!).

Most people don’t typically associate introverts with the idea of attention-grabbing impact and unforgettable first impressions. There's an entire school of thought surrounded why they might have social anxiety, but they contribute more to group projects than the office extroverts. When they get comfortable, they tend to react to new situations by carefully processing stimuli mentally, before delivering a response.

The typical job interview includes many activities and situations most introverts could live without, including handshakes and introductory greetings, being the center of attention, getting peppered with interview questions, thinking while they're talking and tooting their own horn. An interview is, in essence, a few hours or even an entire day of being on -- with a job at stake.

Most people find interviews stressful, but if you're an introvert, interviewing poses special challenges. Let's look at some of the most common fears and how to address them to help you master the interview.

Introverts and Interviews | The Chronical of Higher Education, Amy Crutchfield 01/09/2017 In the years since the publication of Susan Cain’s popular book, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking, a lot has been written and said about introverts. For an introvert like me, it almost felt like a movement or a Quiet Revolution. We could embrace our true selves and no longer have to pretend to be extroverts — I probably wasn’t fooling anyone, anyway.

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